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City government declines to raise objection in court but state leaders and ACLU seek to block deployment of troopsA state court in Nashville on Monday heard a legal challenge by some Democratic elected officials to Donald Trump’s deployment of the nati…
Allegation raises further questions about death of Byron Black in execution lawyer says was ‘100% botched’A man executed on Tennessee death row showed signs of “sustained cardiac activity” for nearly two minutes after he was pronounced dead, his attorn…
Local pastor among victims of huge explosion in rural area where ‘everybody knows each other’Authorities on Monday identified the 16 people killed in a devastating blast at a rural Tennessee explosives plant on 10 October, as investigators promised a p…
Cause of explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems that leveled building is unknown but foul play not ruled outAt least 200 mourners came to the Humphreys county courthouse at twilight on Sunday to mourn the 16 people killed in an explosion at a nearby m…
Troops can stay under federal control, as US senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth decry being barred access to Ice facilityThe national guard troops Donald Trump sent to Illinois can remain in the state and under federal control but can’t be deploy…
Initial toll after explosions at plant near McEwen on Friday was believed to be 19 people but later revised to 18.There were no survivors in the blast that obliterated part of an explosives factory in rural Tennessee, authorities said on Saturday.The f…
Police chief calls explosion near Bucksnort, south-west of Nashville, ‘devastating’ and says ‘we have some deceased’Nineteen people are missing and feared dead following a huge explosion at a military munitions plant in Tennessee.The powerful blast rip…
Memphis lawmaker to go up against Steve Cohen, joining wave of younger candidates calling for generational changeJustin Pearson, a Memphis state lawmaker who rose to prominence in 2023 as part of the “Tennessee Three” gun control advocates, on Wednesda…
Authorities say federal aviation agency to investigate incident after also rescuing instructor’s student from treeA 35-year-old skydiving instructor was found dead in a wooded area near Nashville over the weekend after being presumed to have fallen wit…
Move is latest push by administration to expand military-led response to urban crime in Democratic-run citiesDonald Trump on Monday signed an executive order that would send national guard troops into Memphis, in a “replica” of the administration’s ex…